ci: update & streamline GH Actions runner images (#4553)

.github/workflows/docs-production-deploy.yml

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: write
     name: 'Deploy Docs'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: write
     name: 'Update `versions.json` if necessary'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
     # Avoid race condition with pushing to `gh-pages` branch by waiting for `deploy` to complete first
     needs: deploy
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: write
     name: 'update `latest` symlink if necessary'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
     needs: add-version-to-docs
     steps:

.github/workflows/generic_build.yml

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   build-image:
     name: 'Build'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     outputs:
       build-cache-key: ${{ steps.derive-image-cache-key.outputs.digest }}
     steps:

.github/workflows/generic_publish.yml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   publish-images:
     name: 'Publish'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: 'Checkout'
         uses: actions/checkout@v4

.github/workflows/generic_test.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   run-tests:
     name: 'Test'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     strategy:
       matrix:
         part: [serial, parallel/set1, parallel/set2, parallel/set3]

.github/workflows/generic_vulnerability-scan.yml

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read         # for actions/checkout to fetch code
       security-events: write # for github/codeql-action/upload-sarif to upload SARIF results
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: 'Checkout'
         uses: actions/checkout@v4

.github/workflows/handle_stalled.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       issues: write
       pull-requests: write
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: Close stale issues
         uses: actions/stale@v9

.github/workflows/linting.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   lint:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4